Kinetics of the Reaction of Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Methylcyclohexanol to Methylcyclohexanone Over Modified Clinoptilolite

Abstract

The catalytic activity of modified natural clinptilolite zeolite has been studied in the oxidative dehydrogenation of methylcyclohexanol to ethylcyclohexanone. On the basic of experimental studies it was found that natural clinoptilolite modified with Cu2+ and Pd2+ cations exhibit high activity and selectivity in the reaction under con-sideration. Clinoptilolite containing 0.15 wt.% Pd2+ and 0.5 wt.% Cu2+ is the most ac-tive for the studied reaction. It was studied the kinetic regularities of the reaction over the selected catalyst. Based on literature material and own experimental data was suggested the stage scheme of the mechanism of the reaction and developed theoretically based kinetic model of the process.